KPMS: Water Challenge
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Dear family, friends, and community members,
After reading the non-fiction novel, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park in which she writes about the life of one of Sudan’s lost boys, Salva Dut, we have developed a great concern for the water crisis affecting so many on the continent of Africa. The response to this book was overwhelmingly one of concern as well as questioning how we can help.
After several days of research, we uncovered startling statistics regarding the lack of access to clean water that so many people in developing countries face. In addition to researching statistical data to support that there is most definitely a water crisis, we also researched ways in which we, a middle school in West Hartford, Connecticut, could help those most affected. We have found that “1 in 9 people around the world don't have access to clean, safe drinking water” , and we would like to doing something about it.
First we decided we needed to raise awareness here in the King Philip community that such a problem exists and to what extent. Second, we have MET and exceeded the “Iron Giraffe Challenge” put forward by Salva Dut and his organization Water for South Sudan . The Iron Giraffe Challenge is a challenge to schools to each raise a minimum of $1,000 towards a new drilling rig. We have met this challenge, and are now ready to work toward our next goal: providing the people of South Sudan with access to clean water by co sponsoring an actual well. Please consider helping us reach our goal.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Turquoise Team Students
King Philip Middle School
After reading the non-fiction novel, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park in which she writes about the life of one of Sudan’s lost boys, Salva Dut, we have developed a great concern for the water crisis affecting so many on the continent of Africa. The response to this book was overwhelmingly one of concern as well as questioning how we can help.
After several days of research, we uncovered startling statistics regarding the lack of access to clean water that so many people in developing countries face. In addition to researching statistical data to support that there is most definitely a water crisis, we also researched ways in which we, a middle school in West Hartford, Connecticut, could help those most affected. We have found that “1 in 9 people around the world don't have access to clean, safe drinking water” , and we would like to doing something about it.
First we decided we needed to raise awareness here in the King Philip community that such a problem exists and to what extent. Second, we have MET and exceeded the “Iron Giraffe Challenge” put forward by Salva Dut and his organization Water for South Sudan . The Iron Giraffe Challenge is a challenge to schools to each raise a minimum of $1,000 towards a new drilling rig. We have met this challenge, and are now ready to work toward our next goal: providing the people of South Sudan with access to clean water by co sponsoring an actual well. Please consider helping us reach our goal.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Turquoise Team Students
King Philip Middle School
Organiser
Stacy Wheelahan Genova
Organiser
West Hartford, CT
